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It's good to start blogging after many years but this time it's all about technical.
This is my first blog on Oracle EPM. I have been working on Essbase, Planning, HFR, DRM and ODI (All tools part of Oracle EPM Product Suite) from quite a long time and I still feel that I am a beginnler.

Oracle EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) is a set of analytical process and business tools that allow a business to track, measure and achieve goals. The core components of Oracle EPM are Hyperion Financial Management, Oracle Hyperion Planning and powerful analytical tool Essbase.

Oracle EPM has undergone lot of changes from it's inception (from v11.1.1.1) to current version (v11.1.2.3) and new tools were added. EPM Stack is bundled with Performance Managenemt Applications and with powerful analytics to align financial close, planning, reporting, analysis, and modeling and unlock business potential. There has also been lot of integration between ERP Systems to EPM applications thereby reducing the cost of integrating source systems to EPM applications and also the implementation time.

You can find more information on Oracle EPM (Re-branded as Oracle Business Analytics) in Oracle site at http://www.oracle.com/us/solutions/business-analytics/performance-management/overview/index.html. Oracle Business Analytics includes Oracle EPM, Business Intelligence and Analytic Applications.

 I will be blogging more on Essbase, Planning, HFR, DRM, ODI

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